Wednesday, October 9, 2013

corner view: before & after

Corner View is a weekly appointment - each Wednesday - created by Jane (Spain) and curated by Francesca (Italy), where bloggers from all corners of the world share their view on a pre-arranged theme.

This week’s theme is "before & after."

LEGOs are a long-time
childhood favorite and I don’t know of a household with kids that doesn’t have
a box of the simple, colorful bricks. Adults wax nostalgic and talk excitedly
about the projects they built as a kid and you often see a gleam in the eyes of
real LEGO-fanatics as they recall the many hours spent building their creations.

before: imagine the possibilities!

Nathan Sawaya is a New
York-based artist who brings LEGO creations to an all-new level and we are
fortunate that he is currently exhibiting some of his amazing sculptures here
in Alamance County. We’re not talking
your average LEGO sculptures. Nathan transforms this simple brick into amazing,
whimsical pieces. One of his life-size human sculptures typically uses 15,000
to 25,000 bricks and in his art studio he has a stock of over 2.5 million LEGO
bricks.Nathan left his job as an NYC
attorney in 2004 and is credited as the first person to bring LEGOs into the
art world. He is not an employee of the LEGO company, but is a professional, full-time
brick artist.

after: creativity & imagination come to fruition

The “Art of the Brick”
museum shows have toured North America, Asia and Australia. The current show in
Alamance County runs until Oct 31 while a show in Shanghai, China runs until
Oct 27, NYC, NY through Jan 5 and will be in Brussels, Belgium from Nov 22
until April 21. For more info on Nathan Sawaya, his awesome sculptures and his
museum exhibitions you can visit http://brickartist.com/

this is very impressive. legos are truly a toy and more than a toy for everyone, from age 2 (like my little son has discovered them these day) old age (like my father-in-law is always happy to help the kids with a project, but developing it into something of his own design).